CIOs are remaking the IT function — no longer will security and developer teams be siloed. Recent survey data from 451 Research, part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, and published by Elastic shows a major shift in who is using application security tools, suggesting that DevSecOps is not just an idea, but a growing reality for IT decision makers. IT decision-makers allocated application security tools to 48% of development teams in 2020, compared to just 29% in 2015.
There’s only one thing that’s certain in cybersecurity: The cyberthreat landscape is constantly changing, and the tools and solutions we have at our disposal to combat cybercrime must continue evolving if we are to stay ahead of — or at least keep up with — them. As 2021 winds down, the Devo security team is already looking ahead to the most pressing cybersecurity trends likely to appear in 2022. Here are my top three predictions for the new year.
The shift to an online-first world, accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, has made more consumers choose to shop online than ever before. In 2020, more than 100 million US customers shopped online during the Black Friday weekend, resulting in a 22% increase in online spending. Netacea was interested in how people shopped online, and whether they experienced any Black Friday issues in 2021.